Both Donate Games and Cancer for College are the beneficiary organizations supported by Ferrell's Indiegogo campaign called "Will Ferrell's SuperMegaBlast Max Gamer Challenge."

The funding goal for the project is $375,000 USD, with all proceeds going to the charities. Everyone who donates to the campaign will be entered into a drawing, with the grand prize being an all-expenses paid trip for 2 to San Francisco on October 26th to play games with Ferrell on a Twitch livestream. It will be a one-time livestream that will not be rebroadcast.

"You can expect some surprises," said Donate Games founder Jim Carol.

In addition to the drawing, each donation tier has other rewards for those who donate. At the starting tier of $10 USD, backers will receive a $5 USD Amazon credit toward a video game and will also get one entry into the sweepstakes. Other prizes include shirts, autographed controllers, Will Ferrell's Super Mega Blast Max Gamer's Sunscreen, and the highest tier, $5,000, funds a college scholarship for cancer survivors.

With all the negativity that has been at the forefront of gaming culture, it's refreshing to see a campaign that asks gamers to support two charities that help kids make it through times that most of us are lucky enough to be unable even to conceive. Donate Games was founded by Jim Carol when his son Taylor, then 11, was diagnosed with leukemia.

"He had a long battle," Carol said of his son. "About 5 years. He had to fight for his life." Video games helped the younger Carol through the isolation he faced during his long hospital stays. In 2007, they both decided to start a charity that gave used games away to children battling terminal cancer.

From there, it just "grew and grew and grew."

Ferrell's involvement began when Cancer for College founder Craig Pollard invited Taylor to sing with Ferrell. Pollard and Ferrell were friends in college, and Ferrell has been helping Cancer for College since even before he began his run on Saturday Night Live.

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"I actually saw a video of Taylor singing," Pollard said, and thought it would be fun if Taylor came to a Cancer for College event to sing with Ferrell. They had "a lot of fun working together" and the relationship started there. That relationship eventually became Will Ferrell's SuperMegaBlast Max Gamer Challenge.

"We're going to be working with Twitch to do one of these a month. Every month we'll have a celebrity," Carol said.

In an interview, the Donate Games founder and CEO told us that eighty-five cents of every dollar raised goes to Cancer for College, with the remaining fifteen cents going to Donate Games.

"At the end of the day, we're here to change the game of cancer forever for these kids," the elder Carol said of this campaign.